does anybody else feel that g loomis is making inferior rods now? I look at there old rods before they sold out to shimano and you look at a rod you have four years ago which one would you prefer to fish . There new rods have these eyes that bent and the inner ring of the eye falls out. They use to use cork and wood insert handles now they use fuji ones i think. when i first bought a rod from loomis it was worth the 275$ now they are worth about 50$ tell me what you think about loomis and how there products receeded in quality.

Why would you post this in the classifieds? Why don't you post this on the fishing forums? And know I havn't noticed the quality of loomis drop,I think for one the line of GL2 rods are better than pre shimano days.

why don't you call loomis and ask them what has changed since the merger before you trash them on a BB...

G-loomis sucks, because they changed blank manufacturers! Of course, when the take-over occured, they changed to a cheaper producer(typical). Same with a local company out here, Pac-Bay, they switched blank companies, and now they stink. Keep your eyes on the shell, my friend.

careful what you post publicly....only 1/4 of your story is true....best to go straight to the source, Loomis and PacBay for answers

I am not quit sure if the Loomis blanks suck I think its just since they sold out to Shimano the factory wrapped rods just aren't the quality. A custom wrapped Loomis may still be hard to beat. So I've heard.